Horse collar



May 1, 1928.

Q. ROGERS HORSE COLLAR Filed Jan. '7. 1927 pad.

Patented May 1, 1928.

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This: inventi on .a relates to .in'iproven'ients in draft collars foruse on horses "or iotne'r animals and more particulia rly to theconstruction of the upper portionthereof whereby they may be madeadjustable for more than one size neck and whereby such an adjustablecollar can be economically made.

In collar construction numerous endeavors have been made to reducethe-cost of construction as for instance by building a Collar with astraight and crook of separate pieces and covering the joint with a wearstrip, but it has been universal practice to make the upper portion ofthe collar at least in so far as the rim and face are concerned ofcontinuous pieces of leather so that the upper portion of the collar isunitary with the draft portion thereof. I

The objects of my invention are,

(a) To make a collar having a complet body or draft portion and anindependent attachable neck portion;

(b) To make an improved collar pad therefor, and

(0) To generally improve the construction and arrangement thereof.

The means by which the foregoing and other objects are accomplished bymy inven- I tion, and the manner of their accomplishment, willreadily'be understood from the following description on reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of myimproved collar.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the upper end of the collar.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line III-III of Fig. 2. 7 V r Fig. 4 isan'edge view of the upper end shown in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the collar Referring now to the drawingsin which the various parts are indicated by numerals, the collarcomprises a body 'or draft portion 10 and a neck portion 11.

The body of the collar may be made up of a rim 12, preferably of onepiece, faces 13, only one of hich can be seen, and straights 14 andcrooks 15, the'straight and crookon each side preferably being a singlepiece. The rim 12 is folded over and stuffed and the two edges 16brought together and secured to one edge of the face 13 and the straight14, or crook 15 as the case may be,

by the thong 17 or other stitching. The

barele ge 180f the M :1-3, is similarly Se;-

cn n'ed toithe other edge of the: straight14,

or .crook.15,;bythethonglt), and is stuifed in any usual manner- Thestufling 'inthe upper ends of the body portion thus formedterminatesjust below the neck portion so that the body may be flattened at 20 toreceive the neck portion. These body portions thus may be made in asingle size, though preferably in at least two sizes, for a large numberof sizes of collars. I

'The neckportion 11 of the collar, comprises two-flatneck straps 21 and22 and a collar pad 23. Each of these neck straps is a flat member, madeup of three thicknesses 24, 25 and 26 the portion 26 being a filler.Preferably 24 and 25 are separate pieces united into one as by stitching27, as shown in the section. Fig. 3 with the filler 26 placedtherebetween. 1

The upper edges ofthe body portion are preferably thinned to a featheredge as indicated by the thinned portion 28 of the edges 18 (Fig. 4). YThe lower edge 29 of the filler 26 is similarly thinned as are also thelower edges of the portions 24 and 25, and

these latter are slipped over the upper end of the body portion andsecured thereto as .by a thong-30. 31 are holes through the neck straps.

The collar pad 23, comprises a shaped heavy leather piece 32 havingstraps 33, 34 in pairs, one of each pair being provided with abuckle'35. 36 is a metal plate secured to the leather piece 32, thisplate having secured thereto and projecting upward therefrom a pair ofpins each of which is crimped intermediate its lengthito providecorrugations which assist in securing the neck straps when the. pinsare' passed 1 through the holes31 therein.

By the expedient of varying the'length of the neck straps the collarsmay initially be made of several sizes with a single size of bodyportion and by providing a number of pairs of holes in these straps aneven further adjustment may be made during the use.

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In use the collarfis'identical with those commonly in use, except thatit may be fitted at will to larger or smaller necks, and need not befurther connected on. It will ofv course be understood that I do notdesire to limit myself to the exact demi] of construction-herein shownand desire to avail myself of all modifications lying within thelanguage of the claims.

Having thus disclosed the invention, What I claim is:

1. A collar comprising a'loody portion having its upper ends terminatingin the double thickness of cover material only, and having these endsthinned to a feather edge, a pair of flat neck straps, each comprising aplurality of thicknesses of material, having its loWer edges thinned toa feather edge,

I each of said straps embracing the upper end ee' /gem of one of saidcollar ends, and means for se curing said neck straps.-

2. A collar, comprising a body portion having its upper ends terminatingin fiattened ends, and having these ends thinned to a feather edge, apair of flat neck straps, each having its lower edge thinned to afeather edge, each of said straps secured to a collar end.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set

